University of Arizona Athletics

Honors and Awards

• 2023-24: CSCAA Second Team All-American (200 medley relay)

2023-24: Three-time NCAA Championship qualifier in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly... Two-time NCAA Championships relay qualifier in the 200 free and 200 medley relays... Earned CSCAA Second Team All-America honors for his performance in the 200 medley relay at NCAAs (16th place, 1:23.89)... Pac-12 Championship finalist in the 50 free (4th place, 19.08, NCAA B cut)... Two-time Pac-12 Championship relay finalist in the 200 medley relay (2nd place, 1:22.90, NCAA A cut, program record) and 200 free relay (3rd place, 1:15.97, NCAA A cut, matched program record)... Swam a personal best at NCAAs in the 100 free (42.72).

2022-23: CSCAA All-American in the 200 free relay... Swam in the 200 free relay that placed 12th at NCAA’s... Also swam in the 200 free relay that placed 3rd (1:15.97) and set an Arizona record at the Pac-12 Championships... Three personal bests at Pac-12's in the 50 free (19.31; NCAA B cut), 100 free (43.22; B cut) and the 100 fly (46.36; B cut) … Held fastest 50 free time on the team.

Before Arizona: Attended Lincoln Southwest High School... Lettered four years in swimming under coach Ross Mueller... Seven-time individual Nebraska state champion...Two-time team state champion... First team All-America 2020, 2021, 2022... Also swam for Lincoln Select Swimming for 11 years under coaches Nikki Sheets and Uriah Reiners.

Personal: Tommy Palmer, son of Mark and Amy Palmer... Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska... Two brothers, Derek and Dylan... One sister, Alana, swam four years for Wisconsin... Chose Arizona because “it felt like home when I visited a few years ago. The team seemed super fun and it just seemed like the right place for me.”